Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Author

BENDEL, STEPHANIE KAY (1943- ) (chron.)

• * Arthur’s Story, (ss) EQMM Mar 1997
• * The Bones in the Well, (nv) AHMM Nov 1986
• * Case #5423: The Second Fire, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1985
• * Deathdream, (ss) AHMM May 1985
• * Déjà Vu, (ss) AHMM Jun 1993
• * A Murder in Perspective, (ss) AHMM Jan 1987
• * No One Ever Listens, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1984
• * A Strange View of Murder, (ss) AHMM Sep 1991
• * The Whole Story, (nv) EQMM Jul 1998

BENDEL-SIMSO, MARY M. (books) (chron.)

• * Introduction (with LeRoy Lad Panek), (in)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008
• * Preface (with LeRoy Lad Panek), (pr)
  • Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology, ed. LeRoy Lad Panek & Mary M. Bendel-Simso, McFarland 2008

BENDER, AIMEE (chron.)

• * The Case of the Salt and Pepper Shakers, (ss) McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books 2003

BENDER, JOHN (chron.)

• * Untimely Visitor, (ss) Detective Fiction Mar 1951
  • 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1994

BENDER, KAREN E. (chron.)

• * Theft, (ss) Harvard Review #29 2005
  • Best American Mystery Stories 2006, ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin 2006

BENDERS, HAPSTON K.; pseudonym of Steven G. Mitchell (chron.)

• * Killer Jungle Devil Goddess of the Forbidden Land, (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories May 1998
• * Two Headed Goblins [Doc Sausage], (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jul 1998

BENDERSON, BRUCE (chron.)

• * The Worst Place in New York, (ss) Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros 1997

BENEDETTO, PHILOMENA (chron.)

• * Arthur’s Indiscretion, (ss) The Strand Magazine #1 1998

BENEDICT, LAURA PHILPOT (chron.)

• * The Erstwhile Groom, (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2007
• * The Hollow Woman, (ss) EQMM May 2001
  • Mystery: The Best of 2001, ed. Jon L. Breen, ibooks 2002

BENEDICT, PINCKNEY (Arthur) (1964- ) (chron.)

• * Washman, (ss) The Wrecking Yard, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1991

BENÉT, STEPHEN VINCENT (1898-1943) (chron.)

• * The Devil and Daniel Webster, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 24 1936
  • Tales of Mystery and Suspense, ed. Theodore W. Hipple, Allyn and Bacon 1977

BENEVIC, JOAN (chron.)

• * Haunted House, (vi) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Oct 1999

BENFORD, GREGORY (Albert) (1941- ) (chron.)

• * Dark Heaven, (na) Alien Crimes, ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC 2007

BEN-GALIL, DOV (chron.)

• * A Real Phony, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1981

BENIGHT, CHRISTINA McPHEE (chron.)

• * And Nobody Cares for Me, (ss) Murder for Mother, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet 1994

BENJAMIN, CAROL LEA (1937- ) (chron.)

• * The Last Supper, (ss) Manhattan Noir, ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books 2006; (Greenwich Village).

BENJAMIN, DOROTHY (chron.)

• * The Real Story, (ss) AHMM Jul 16 1980

BENJAMIN, PAUL; pseudonym of Paul Auster, (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Squeeze Play, (ex) London: Faber and Faber 1991
  • Picador Book of Crime Writing, ed. Michael Dibdin, Picador 1993

BENNETT, ALAN (1934- ) (books) (chron.)

• * A Lady of Letters [from the BBC Television show Talking Heads], (ss) 1987
  • EQMM Jun 1990
• * Single Spies, (pl)
  • Single Spies & Talking Heads, Summit 1990
• * Talking Heads, (pl)
  • Single Spies & Talking Heads, Summit 1990

BENNETT, (Enoch) ARNOLD (1867-1931) (chron.)

• * A Bracelet at Bruges [Cecil Thorold], (ss) The Windsor Magazine Aug 1905
  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Nick Rennison, No Exit 2008
• * The Fire of London [Cecil Thorold], (ss) The Windsor Magazine Jun 1905; from Bennett’s The Loot of Cities, Rivers, 1904.
  • Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories, ed. Marie Smith, Carroll & Graf 1994
• * from “The Murder of the Mandarin”, (ex) Grim Smile of the Five Towns, Chatto 1907
  • The Reason Why, ed. Ruth Rendell, Crown 1996
• * The Murder of the Mandarin, (ss) Grim Smile of the Five Towns, Chatto 1907
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994
  • Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories, ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 2006
• * Murder!, (nv) Liberty Oct 1 1927
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Bellew Publishing 1990
  • Great Law and Order Stories, ed. John Mortimer, Norton 1992

BENNETT, DAN (chron.)

• * Park Rites, (ss) London Noir, ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books 2006; (Clissold Park).

BENNETT, E. A.; see under Bennett, Arnold (chron.)

BENNETT, GORDON; see pseudonym Isak Romun (chron.)

BENNETT, LERONE, Jr. (chron.)

• * Preface, (pr)
  • Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

BENNETT, ROLF (1882-?) (chron.)

• * Bill Grimes His Soul, (ss) The English Review Sep 1923
  • AHMM Dec 1995

BENSEN, D(onald) R(eynold) (1927-1997) (chron.)

• * Career Move, (ss) EQMM May 1987
• * Irene, Good-Night, (ss) New York: Targ Editions 1982
  • EQMM Jan 1984
• * Preface, (pr)
  • Wodehouse on Crime, P. G. Wodehouse, International Polygonics 1990

BENSON, CHRIS (1953- ) (chron.)

• * Double Dealing, (nv) Shades of Black, ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland, Prime Crime 2004

BENSON, E(dward) F(rederic) (1867-1940) (chron.)

• * The Confession of Charles Linkworth, (ss) The Cavalier Jan 13 1912
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994
• * The Gardener, (ss) Hutchinson’s Magazine Aug 1922
  • The Cat of Bast & Other Stories of Mystery, ed. William E. Thorner, Regency 1958
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
• * The Hanging of Alfred Wadham, (ss) Britannia Dec 21 1928
  • Sins of the Fathers, ed. Mark Bryant, Gollancz 1997
• * How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery, (ss) The Windsor Magazine Dec 1911
  • AHMM Nov 1992
• * The Thing in the Hall, (ss) The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, London: Mills Boon 1912
  • A Century of Thrillers: Second Series, ed. Anon., Daily Express 1935

BENSON, GERARD (chron.)

• * R.I.P., (pm) Northern Blood II, ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press 1995

BENSON, PHYLLIS (chron.)

• * On the Upgrade Curve, (ss) EQMM Jul 15 1981

BENSON, RAYMOND (Morris) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * Another Rock ’n Roll Hit, (ss) These Guns for Hire, ed. J. A. Konrath, Bleak House Books 2006

BENTIL, THOMAS (chron.)

• * Lost and Found, (ss) Bronx Noir, ed. S. J. Rozan, Akashic Books 2007; (Rikers Island).

BENTLEY, E(dmund) C(lerihew) (1875-1956) (chron.)

• * Behind the Screen, Chapter V, (rr) The Listener Jul 16 1930
  • AHMM Feb 1996
• * The Clever Cockatoo [Philip Trent], (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jul 1914
  • Vintage Detective Stories, ed. Mike Higgs, London: Galley Press 1987
  • Crime Stories from the ‘Strand’, ed. Geraldine Beare, Folio Society 1991
  • AHMM Mar 2007
• * The Genuine Tabard [“Trant and the Mystery of the Genuine Tabard”; Philip Trent], (ss) The Strand Jan 1938
  • EQMM Nov 1950
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • AHMM Feb 1994
  • Churchyard Shadows: Tales of Clerical Crime, Mystery and Suspense, ed. Kevin Carolan, Hodder & Stoughton 1999
• * Greedy Night, (ss) Parody Party 1936
  • The Defective Detective, ed. Steve Carper, Citadel Press 1992
• * The Little Mystery [Philip Trent], (ss)
  • Detective Stories, ed. Philip Pullman, Kingfisher 1998
• * The Ministering Angel [“Trent and the Mystery of the Ministering Angel”; Philip Trent], (ss) The Strand Nov 1938
  • EQMM Sep 1943
  • AHMM Dec 1982
  • Detective Stories from The Strand, ed. Jack Adrian, Oxford University Press 1991
  • Murder at Teatime, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1996
• * The Ordinary Hairpins [Philip Trent], (ss) The Strand Oct 1916
  • Classic Mystery Stories, ed. Douglas G. Greene, Dover 1999
• * The Sweet Shot [Philip Trent], (ss) The Strand Mar 1937
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Jul 1952
  • AHMM Mar 2003
• * Trant and the Mystery of the Genuine Tabard [Philip Trent], (ss) The Strand Jan 1938; also as “The Genuine Tabard”.
• * Trent and the Fool-Proof Lift [Philip Trent], (ss)
  • London After Midnight, ed. Peter Haining, Little Brown UK 1996
• * Trent and the Mystery of the Ministering Angel [Philip Trent], (ss) The Strand Nov 1938; also as “The Ministering Angel”.
• * Trent and the Mystery of the Unknown Peer [Philip Trent], (ss) The Strand Mar 1938; also as “The Unknown Peer”.
• * Trent’s Last Case [Chapter 1; Trent], (ex) London: Nelson 1913
  • Crime: Free Classic Crime Sampler, ed. Anon., House of Stratus 2001
• * The Unknown Peer [“Trent and the Mystery of the Unknown Peer”; Philip Trent], (ss) The Strand Mar 1938
  • Murder by the Glass, ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press 1994

_____, [ref.]

• * “E.C. Bentley & the Contemporary Crime Novel” by Charles L. P. Silet, (ar) The Strand Magazine #2 1999

BENTLEY, PHYLLIS (Eleanor) (1894-1977) (chron.)

• * Miss Phipps and the Invisible Murderer [Miss Phipps], (nv) EQMM Nov 1966
  • Senior Sleuths, ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough, Berkley 1996
• * Miss Phipps and the Nest of Illusion [Miss Phipps], (ss) EQMM Aug 1969
  • Classic Short Stories of Crime and Detection, ed. Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor, Garland 1983
• * Miss Phipps and the Siamese Cat [Miss Phipps], (ss) EQMM Nov 1973
  • More Mystery Cats, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1993
  • Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books 2001

BENTON, CAROLINE (1947- ) (chron.)

• * Guardian Angel, (ss) 1993
  • Murder Most Delectable, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Nashville, TN: Cumberland House 2000

BENTON, JOHN L.; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * Murder Makes News [Candid Camera Kid], (nv) Detective Novels Magazine Apr 1941
  • Action Adventure Stories #37 1998
• * Murder Montage [by Norman Daniels; Candid Camera Kid], (nv) Detective Novels Magazine Feb 1943
  • Action Adventure Stories #65 2000
• * Rat Bait, (ss) Thrilling Mystery Mar 1943
  • High Adventure #77 2004
• * The Silver Mask Murders [Candid Camera Kid], (nv) Detective Novels Magazine Oct 1939
  • Action Adventure Stories #28 1998

BERCUSON, RICHARD K. (chron.)

• * Dead Run, (ss) The Storyteller 1996
  • Arthur Ellis Awards, ed. Peter Sellers, Canada: Quarry Press 1999
• * The Geezer, (ss) The Storyteller Spr 1998

BERDINE, THOMAS (chron.)

• * The Bystander, (ss) AHMM Oct 1984
• * Good Dog, Jack, (ss) AHMM Jan 1999
• * The Horse Principle, (nv) AHMM Jun 2002
• * Spring Rite, (ss) AHMM Dec 1999
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2000, ed. Donald E. Westlake, Houghton Mifflin 2000

BERENDT, JOHN (Lawrence) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * Introduction, (in)
  • The Black Doctor: And Other Tales of Terror and Mystery, Arthur Conan Doyle, 2001

BERENSON, LAURIEN (1952- ) (chron.)

• * Sleeping Dogs Lie, (ss) Canine Crimes, ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine 1998

BERES, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * Children of the Silo, (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1987
• * The Cyclist, (ss) AHMM May 1989
• * The Laundry Room, (ss) AHMM Oct 1989
• * The Plant Lady, (ss) EQMM Jan 1988
• * Roughing It, (ss) AHMM Feb 1988
• * The Sky Has Fallen, (ss) AHMM Aug 1988
• * Spider-Spider, (ss) AHMM Feb 1985

BERESFORD, J(ohn) D(avys) (1873-1947) (chron.)

• * Powers of the Air, (ss) Seven Arts Oct 1917
  • Mysteries, ed. Anon., London: Bracken Books 1994

BERGER, BOB; [i.e., Robert R. Berger] (1955- ) (chron.)

• * Risk of Statistics, (ss) Murderous Intent Sum 1996

BERGER, DANIELLE (chron.)

• * My Last Mistress, (pm) EQMM Aug 1998

BERGLUND, E(dward) P(aul) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * A Dangerous High, (ss) Hardboiled Cthulhu, ed. James Ambuehl, Dimensions Books 2006

BERGMAN, ANDREW (1945- ) (chron.)

• * In the Tank [Jack LeVine], (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

BERKELEY, ANTHONY; pseudonym of A. B. Cox, (1893-1971) (books) (chron.)

• * The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham], (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Sep 1929
  • 101 Years’ Entertainment, ed. Ellery Queen, New York: Modern Library 194?
  • EQMM Apr 1950
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Hamlyn 1984
  • Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century, ed. Anon., The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1990
  • The Best Crime Stories, ed. Anon., Mallard Press 1990
  • The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ed. Patricia Craig, Oxford University Press 1990
  • Great Tales of Terror, ed. Anon., London: Chancellor Press 1991
  • Crime à la Carte, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet 1994
  • The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Behind the Screen, Chapter IV, In the Aspidistra, (rr) The Listener Jul 9 1930
  • AHMM Feb 1996
• * Concerning Roger Sheringham [Roger Sheringham], (ar) Dead Mrs. Stratton, Anthony Berkeley, Doubleday 1933
  • The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Double Bluff [Roger Sheringham], (ss) The Roger Sheringham Stories, Carnacki 1994
  • The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Mr. Bearstowe Says... [Roger Sheringham], (ss) The Saturday Book #3 1943
  • The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * The Mystery of Horne’s Copse, (nv) 1931
  • The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2004
• * Perfect Alibi [Roger Sheringham], (ss) The (London) Evening Standard Mar 11 1953; revised from “The Story of the Perfect Alibi,” Radio Times, August 1, 1930.
  • The Armchair Detective Sum 1992
  • The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook, Crippen & Landru 2004